House GOP pulls military benefits bill that has divided veterans groups

Your feedback matters to us. Take our brief newsletter survey to help us improve the newsletters you read every day.   EVENING REPORT EVENING REPORT Thursday, July 16 Sign up © Greg Nash House GOP pulls divisive military benefits bill House Republican leadership on Thursday canceled a vote on a massive military benefits package that would pay for expanded compensation for veterans by cutting some future disability claims —a controversial measure that has divided veterans groups.  GOP leaders ran into a roadblock on a Democratic-led procedural vote to send the bill back to committee, with four Republicans taking the unusual step of voting with Democrats in a signal that there may not be the support necessary to pass the underlying bill.   Read more here. CATCH UP QUICK Trump fires new Seattle prosecutor less than an hour after appointment   Tillis goes scorched-earth on SAVE America Act, threatening to stall it Senate passes resolution saying Bankman-Fried shouldn’t receive pardon NEWS THIS AFTERNOON © AP Democrats dominate Senate fundraising, GOP holds own in House: 5 takeaways from new campaign filings  Senate Democratic candidates are fiercely outraising their GOP counterparts in a handful of must-win races as the party eyes flipping the upper chamber this fall, but House Republican contenders are still holding their own as they defend a narrow majority in the lower chamber.   Read more. Brewer of Lunch IPA hopes to take Platner’s place in Maine  Dan Kleban is something of a celebrity in Maine.    Read more. Live updates: Leavitt confirms Trump address will focus on election ‘integrity’  President Trump will deliver a primetime speech Thursday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed it would, at least in part, involve elections.   Read more. Why fully reopening the Strait of Hormuz is such a challenge   President Trump’s return to a U.S. military blockade on Iranian ports this week marked another dead end in his bid to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.   Read more. IN OTHER NEWS © Greg Nash 52 percent of Pennsylvania voters would like to see Fetterman leave Democratic Party: Poll  More than half of Pennsylvania voters in a new poll want Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) to leave the Democratic Party.     Read more. US could get a new nickel under bill passed by the House  In addition to a bill that could lock the clocks in the U.S., the House this week passed legislation that could change how our change looks.   Read more. Drained Reflecting Pool shows liner more gray than blue  The bottom surface of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has faded to look more gray than blue after a renovation project concluded last month.    Read more. O’Leary, Fox News sued over data center opposition portrayal  Businessman Kevin O’Leary and Fox News are being sued by a group opposed to data center construction in Utah, alleging it aired false statements about their funding.   Read more. 📧 Check out Whole Hog Politics, Chris Stirewalt's newsletter looking at the American political scene. Click here to sign up & get it in your inbox. Stay Engaged Someone forward this newsletter to you? Sign up to get your own copy: TheHill.com/Evening. See you next time! Privacy Policy   |   View in Browser   |   Manage Subscriptions Sign Up for Other Newsletters   |   Unsubscribe   400 N Capitol Street NW Suite 650, Washington, DC 20001 Copyright © 1998 - 2026 Nexstar Media Inc.   |   All Rights Reserved

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